An Afghan doctor checks a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Aug. 19, 2020. A total of 40 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of patients infected with the virus in the country to 37,759 since February, Public Health Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/Xinhua)

An Afghan doctor checks a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Aug. 19, 2020. A total of 40 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of patients infected with the virus in the country to 37,759 since February, Public Health Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/Xinhua)

An Afghan doctor checks a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Aug. 19, 2020. A total of 40 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of patients infected with the virus in the country to 37,759 since February, Public Health Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/Xinhua)